As schools across the South grapple with teacher vacancies, many are turning to candidates without teaching certificates or formal training
Teacher Shortage Uncertified
Decisions to put a teacher without traditional training in charge of a classroom involve weighing tradeoffs: Is it better to hire, even if they aren't fully prepared, or instruct children in classes that are crowded or led by substitutes? In Texas, reliance on uncertified new hires ballooned over the last decade. In the 2011-12 school year, fewer than 7% of the state’s new teachers — roughly 1,600 — didn’t have a certification. By last year, about 8,400 of the state’s nearly 43,000 new hires were uncertified.
Many states have loosened requirements since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but relying on uncertified teachers isn’t new. Nearly all states have emergency or provisional licenses that allow a person who has not met requirements for certification to teach. Rural Bullock County, for example, had no certified math teachers last year in its middle school. Nearly 80% of students are Black, 20% are Hispanic, and seven in 10 of all students are in poverty.
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